The Magic Crane

The Magic Crane
The Magic Crane
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	新仙鶴神針
Simplified Chinese	新仙鹤神针
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīn Xiān Hè Shén Zhēn
Jyutping	San1 Sin1 Hok3 San4 Zam1
Directed by	Benny Chan
Screenplay by	Tsui Hark; Tsui Tak-cho
Story by	Wolong Sheng
Produced by	Tsui Hark
Starring	Tony Leung; Anita Mui; Rosamund Kwan; Damian Lau
Cinematography	Tony Miu; Tom Lau; Ko Chiu-lam
Edited by	Marco Mak
Music by	Johnathan Wong
Production; companies	Film Workshop; Longsheng Pictures
Distributed by	Newport Entertainment
Release date	19 August 1993;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$8,159,384

The Magic Crane is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Benny Chan, produced by Tsui Hark, and written by Hark and Tsui Tak-cho. It stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anita Mui and Rosamund Kwan based on the novel Xian He Shen Zhen by Wolong Sheng.

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Ma Kwan-mo
Anita Mui as Pak Wan-fai
Rosamund Kwan as Butterfly Lam
Damian Lau as Yat Yeung-chi
Lawrence Ng as So Pang-hoi
Norman Chui as Lam Hoi-ping
Zhang Tielin as General Cho Hung
Jay Lau as Lady Jade Flute
Vindy Chan as Chan Ngo
Lau Shun as crippled Reverend of Tai Kok Temple
Yu Ming-hin as clan member
Michael Lam as clan member
Yiu Man-kei as clan member

Theme songs

The Magic Crane (新仙鹤神针)
- performed by Anita Mui and Jacky Cheung
- produced by CY Kong
- composed by Ng Tai-kong
- lyrics by Lily Ho
Proudness (傲)
- performed by Winnie Hsin
- composed by James Wong
- lyrics by Mark Lui

Box office

This film grossed HK$8,159,384 at the Hong Kong box office in its theatrical run from 19 August to 2 September 1993 in Hong Kong. ^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

The Magic Crane at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
The Magic Crane at Hong Kong Cinemagic
The Magic Crane at IMDb

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Films directed	Let's Rage the Gangland (1988) A Moment of Romance (1990) Son on the Run (1991) What a Hero! (1992) A Moment of Romance II (1993) The Magic Crane (1993) Wounded Tracks (1994) Happy Hour (1995) Man Wanted (1995, also produced) Big Bullet (1996, also writer and produced) Who Am I? (1998) Gen-X Cops (1999, also writer and produced) Gen-Y Cops (2000, also produced) Heroic Duo (2003, also produced) New Police Story (2004, also produced) Divergence (2005, also produced) Rob-B-Hood (2006, also writer and produced) Invisible Target (2007, also writer and produced) Connected (2008, also writer and produced) City Under Siege (2010, writer, produced and editor) Shaolin (2011, also produced) The White Storm (2013, also writer and produced) Call of Heroes (2016, also writer and produced) Meow (2017, also produced) Raging Fire (2021, also writer and produced)
Films produced only	They Don't Care About Us (1996) Final Romance (2001) If U Care... (2002) Little Big Master (2015) The Trier of Fact (TBD)
Other credits	The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985) (series and assistant director) New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) (series and assistant director) Goodbye Darling (1987) (executive producer) Fatal Love (1989) (executive producer) Happy Hour (1995) (cameo) Fist of Fury (1995) (series director)

v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)